Hackers Hit DeSoto Phone System, Run Up $23K Bill

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The extra charges were racked up by hackers who infiltrated the system and made a lot of international phone calls. The county is now rethinking its security.

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Risk Advisor - 9/5/2012 3:06 PM

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Organizations "have no idea how significant the risk of toll fraud is until they're hit" unless they have tools to detect the attack. The toll fraud threat has been around for a long time. The software to detect, block and prevent such an attack is here. Voice network security is another network from which cyber villains can penetrate your already secured networks through any number of malicious schemes. Scanning a few times a year no longer is sufficient protection either. An attack can come at any time. Monitoring the network with an effective tool is the solution to expensive, irreversible losses in today's cyber landscape of threats. Knowing what is at risk is the first step. ~Vaune M. Carr, CISSP, ISSMP-ISSAP

Crockett Comm - 9/3/2012 12:44 PM

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So many businesses and organizations have no idea how significant the risk of toll fraud is until they're hit. There are obviously precautions you can take, and having solid passwords, changing system default passwords is critical: http://www.phone-system-insight.com/toll-fraud.html